i'm lucky i'm still alive today. >> one man's sober warning about a danger that could be growing in your own yard. the decision he made that nearly cost him his life. good morning and welcome to news 4 today. >> it is sunday, september 25th. thank you so much for joining us. right now two american hikers released from prison in iran are finally on their way back to the united states. josh fattal and shane bauer are expected to land in new york sometime

>> sarah shourd, who was arrested and charged with the men for spying in 2009 joined bauer and fattal for the ride home. shourd was released last year. it's time for our first check of the weather. kim martucci is here. good to see you this morning. >> likewise. it's deja vu. a little bit like yesterday. the humidity is cranked into the studio, too. we have drizzle. lots of clouds. it looks like today will be a lot like what we saw yesterday except i don't think we'll have all that rain across southern

maryland. a little bit better news there. 69 is our number. the humidity is 96%. and there is that light breeze out of the north at the moment 6 miles per hour. the temps show upper '60s from hagerstown to winchester. 70 for fredericksburg. culpepper, too. 71, annapolis. 66 in gaithersburg. radar shows a couple light rain showers, patchy drizzle coming up from the south towards the shenandoah valley. and just few and far between. 81 is who is getting wet at the moment. but you might have wet spots from the low clouds and the drizzle around. around 72 at 9:00. up to 74 at 12:00. 5:00, 76. mostly cloudy today. just a 30% chance of a shower. the rest of the details in just a few minutes, guys. you know, the weather forecast is prolonged, okay? let's just get that out there and i'll explain things in a bit. >> all right. looking forward to it. >> thank you. >> the rain that's drenched our

area this last month has left behind a potentially deadly memento. there's a good chance it's growing right in your own yard. we're talking about mushrooms springing up everywhere. eat one and you could pay with your life. local residents learned that one the hard way. they became seriously sick after eating the mushrooms. news 4's derrick ward has more. >> reporter: lately, they're everywhere thanks largely to the wet weather we've been having. some folks see the the wild mushrooms as a treat. >> during lightning and rain, after that the next morning we just go out and check the field. and those are good mushrooms. >> a farmer from frederick are among those who learned you have to be careful with your wild harvest. now, this mushroom looks a lot like this mushroom. this was bought in the store. this one can kill you. >> the first time i saw mushroom in my backyard. so i said i was so lucky. why other house doesn't have

mushroom? only me? >> they made up some stir fry and it wasn't long before they both got sick. disen tear, dizziness. he ate the so-called death caps and his liver was failing. >> i received a call in the middle of the night with evidence of worsening liver function. i was concerned he may need a liver transplant. >> luckily, there was an experimental drug not yet approved by the fda that would inhibit the damaging effects of the death caps. before it could be used an independent review board had to convene quickly. >> the irb does not make decisions diplomatically. everybody is not equal. we look at the physician, whether the physician can carry out the study. >> luckily, it was agreed upon. and after a few days he was back on the road to recovery. and the farmer from frederick was also treated with the same drug. and he's getting better as well.

this time doctors in the irb are ready and now there's a temporary approval in place for the drug should the need arise again. he's giving up mushrooms altogether. >> i'm lucky i'm still alive today. >> derrick ward, news 4. a springfield, virginia woman said she was scammed out of $25,000 by the man accused of impersonating nfl quarterback vince young. he was arrested friday in a separate fraud case. amy willis said she met him at a woodbridge bar in june. pittman told her he was a philadelphia eagles football star and convinced her to invest in a spa business that he told her she would run. a week later she wired him the money. >> i was called by wachovia bank telling me that a steven pittman had come into the bank and was withdrawing money at different locations in maryland and i had been scammed. i feel like a fool. and then i found out this man was a registered sex offender also, i was disgusted.

>> willis said she hopes the criminal charges will help her recover the $25,000 she said she scammed her for. a d.c. man who gave beer to firefighters is speaking out this morning after the firefighters got into some hot water with the chief. he took a case of beer to engine 9 to thank them for putting out an air conditioner fire at his home. the chief found that beer unopened in the firehouse fridge thursday. he shut the station down for hours and ordered firefighters to undergo breathalyzers. it's against department policy to have alcohol on the premises. he said the firefighters tried to refuse it and he insisted that they take it. now he says he just feels terrible. >> the last thing in the world was to cause anybody problems. it was a gesture of thanks. it's a little bit of a fiasco and unintended consequence of

doing the right thing. >> the station's command staff faces disciplinary action. today a three-day walk to fight breast cancer comes to an end. the susan g. komen three day for a cure ends later today on the national mall. the walkers hit the pavement for 60 miles in and around the district with many more supporting them along the way. thousands turned out for this great event which is expected to raise millions for breast cancer research >> a virginia woman injured in a car crash three days ago is now looking for her four-legged friend. andy, a 6-year-old german shepherd mix went missing after the owner was taken to the hospital. it happened near corelon springs road. darcy spencer has more on her efforts to find her beloved dog. >> she wipes away tears as she looks at the flyers she made about her missing dog named andi. >> we have had her for a number

of years? >> i've her three years. i'm very attached to her. she was driving on carlin and leesburg pike in falls church 8:15 when she was involved in a crash. she suffered a serious hand injury and had to be taken to the hospital. andi was riding in the back seat. a witness saw her fly out and run away. >> i wasn't able to stay there and look for her. the medics said my injury was a concern so they wanted me to go to the hospital right away. >> she has searched the area and posted flyers hoping someone has seen andi. she hired a dog tracker who tracked the scent two to three miles. so far the dog has not been spotted. >> more than likely they will stick to quiet areas and try to hide. it was a very wooded area with very few people who would come across her. >> the shepherd mix is now 6

years old. she just wants her back home to play with her favorite toy and to sleep in her own bed. >> i just hope that i can find her, take care of her. >> she plans to continue posting these flyers in the area. she's also asking for the anyone who may have seen the dog to contact her. you can do that by going to our website, nbcwashington.com, where her phone number is listed. she's also offering a cash reward. in falls church, darcy spencer, news 4 today. well, we certainly hope this story has a happy ending. something else we're hoping for is this weekend ends with maybe a little sunshine. >> we'll try our best. don't get your hopes up, though. my weather forecast is on the way at 6:09. get your coffee. i've got the forecast ready to i've [ male announcer ]eady to washington, d.c.

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. we have seen a lot of crazy weather but this is pretty rare. a waterspout near milwaukee, wisconsin. water spouts are common in the southern united states but yesterday several were spotted over lake michigan. this was just a mile away from marquette university. and, kim, correct me if i'm wrong, but this happens when a lot of the air rises up into thunderstorms and kind of rotates. >> oh, we have another meteorologist on set. >> i do like weather. not enough to be a meteorologist but it does fascinate me, especially pictures like that. >> water spouts are a cousin to a tornado. not all of them are tornadic waterspouts. believe it or not, the great lakes do get these. the funny thing is they get them in all. it has all summer to warm up and the cold air masses coming from canada. they generate updrafts.

sometimes you get a localized spin. that's what generates the water spouts. >> a mini tornado. >> nice to look at when they don't affect anybody out over the open water. don't mind that type of weather. we're kind of getting sick of our weather here, i must say. >> a little bit. >> i'm getting a little sick of talking about. >> yesterday was a little overcast. >> yeah. kind of dreary. but it didn't rain too much. in fact, reagan national airport, no rain officially yesterday. but here's where we stand for september so far. mind you, september is not over. and we still have a 5.35 surplus. this is 225% of normal for where we are in september. that's great. all right. good morning, everybody. 70 degrees. drizzle outside. humidity, 88%. north to northeast winds very light this morning. only 3 miles per hour. we have more 60s up to our north in hagerstown and down to our

south in la plata. charles today, good morning to you. 70 in annapolis and 720 to our west in leesburg. it is now right off the east coast. that's where it will stay. but we still have pesky showers this morning along i-81, north of harrisonburg and also spotty drizzle sneakinging into faulkier and fairfax county as well. so today i see a mostly cloudy sky much like yesterday. not widespread showers. a few to our east. a few into west virginia. maybe a thunderstorm. i think most of the day quite simply will be dry and cloudy. this is the weather player. number one, this front is stalled along the east coast. weather player number two is out here to the west. it's an upper level low. its upper levels, when they cut themselves off like this, the weather pattern kind of holds still and everything gets held up until this moves out of the

way. our weather simply won't move out of the way that quickly. that's why we're in this prolonged pattern of lots of clouds, high humidity and showers. the clouds hanging tough. the timeline is up in the title. this is by 10:00 tonight. mostly cloudy skies. monday won't be that bad. introduce a little bit of sun. but still a chance for shower. your tuesday weather is this front. that's your best chance for some rain. unfortunately for the golf charity tournament. mostly cloudy this afternoon. a slight chance of a shower. 74 to 77. as we look at this evening, cloudy and humid down into the lower 70s. we'll extend it now this weather forecast shakes free of the showers ever so briefly. but we have to take you until about wednesday afternoon and thursday to do it. but then we'll be looking at a big change. look at these temperatures, guys. ready? we go from 79 on thursday to a high of 68 on saturday. morning lows in the burbs will definitely be in the 40s.

in the 50s, low 50s here. so big changes by next weekend. >> does that mean the point of no return? >> no, no, no. never. i never say that around here. we get those warm shots in october. >> okay. thank you, kim. >> thank you, kim. president obama snuck away from the white house for a quick round of golf yesterday, and he had a special guest join him on the links. former president bill clinton joined president obama at andrews air force back. and william daly and long-time clinton adviser, doug band. no word on who won the outing but the white house says the two presidents enjoyed their time on the course. next up is reporter's notebook, a look at stories affecting our community. >> we will be back in 15 minutes with this morning's top stories and your sunday forecast. good morning. i'm pat lawson news. tax hikes for the rich in d.c. prince george's police officers

indicted, and possibly tolls on i-95. we begin in the district where the council voted to hike income tax rate from 8.5% to 8.95% on residents who make more than $350,000 a year. the hike takes effect next month and would help to balance the city budget. but it comes after bitter debate. the hike is supposed to be sunseted after four years. although there are questions about whether that will actually happen. proponents argued they had no choice. this puts retirees and investors in a more burdensome tax. they question why this wasn't submitted to the tax and revenue committee or why it wasn't submitted to a new commission to be studied first. what are your thoughts about this? >> likely argument i hear on the hill from critics of taxes, this is not the time to raise taxes. we're in the middle of a recession. it could crimp investment. it's not a good idea.

it stalls things. on the other hand, the other argument would be against it have they made enough cuts, serious cuts in their own salaries perhaps in the district of columbia government, which many critics say is still too bloated. you could argue that, obviously. so why are they doing it now? you know, will this be a disincentive? >> jerry and joe, this would affect 6,000 residents. one is whether it would run residents out or keep residents away. >> i go back to anthony williams who wanted to have a strong upper middleclass tax base, which this will affect. as we look now, i don't think the 6,000 people already in the district of columbia necessarily will get up and leave home. but what would this do for people coming into the district of columbia? remember, we had a lot of people who do want to come to this area to work. you have the technology avenues of northern virginia.

you have a lot of the productivity in maryland. where are these people going to live? for certain if the taxes are going to be raised, especially for that population, they will not come to the district of columbia. >> what people get for taxes in the district of columbia makes it one of the most attractive cities. you're exactly right. it won't chase people out. but is there the incentive to come in? are we caught between a rock and a hard place. on the one hand we have obama administration saying we have to have shared sacrifice. and we also now have this administration saying we have to have shared sacrifice. we have a budget. let's be quite honest. who really benefits living -- i mean working in the district of columbia. it's usually people who don't live here. >> right. >> and most of our money goes to protecting folks who live in maryland, work in d.c., live in virginia, work in d.c..

and they don't pay city taxes, by the way. >> because we don't have a commuter tax. >> well, that's right. >> the vote came after some really acrimonious exchanges on the counsel's part. and there are folks wondering if this council is going to be able to work together. >> this is not a happy council from all my reporting and all the accounts i'm getting. they had words we won't repeat on a family news show here among themselves in a meeting when they came back this week. the questions about character and about activities that have been much discussed in the press from the mayor to kwame brown and his choice of a vehicle, that kind of thing. people are broiling about that. and it's hurting their ratings and it's probably getting through to them now too. >> the word on the street is about the same thing, dave. people are somewhat disappointed in this district government from the mayor's office to the council. but there's one thing for sure, within the council, the question

about is it a dysfunctional council. and statements have come out lately saying that because of all of the scandals, all the investigations, and all of the distractions, yes, it is dysfunctional. >> and it started at the beginning of this council. and i think what you've got is a lack of leadership. and i hate you to say it about people that i really like personally. but i think you've got a lack of real strong leadership, which is why it's like hurting cats. unless you've got a very powerful council president you are not going -- you're going to have the problems you have. >> well, if vincent orange gets his way it will at least be a richer council. he's proposed a $45,000 raise for council members. but there's a catch. they have to give up their second jobs. >> and work full time. >> and accept term limits. >> and work full time. >> and work full time.

>> full-time council. i personally don't think it's going anywhere. zip. d.o.a. >> it goes back to people paying taxes. one headline on monday says there's a lot of corruption in the council. tuesday's headline, we're going to give you a raise. doesn't fly too well with the people on the street. >> but in return, they have to give up what is in many cases, lucrative practices. they're lawyers. they're not spending enough time on council because they, quote, don't get enough money. although people would argue with that. >> you bet. >> quid pro quo. you work for us full time. but two-term limit, that can be a deal breaker. >> one last question about d.c.. the mayor's newest appointees. he nominated three to the board. one is a nondemocrat. but his nominee for chair stir said a hornet's nest. what's the deal?

>> he hasn't lived here long enough, according to a citizen activist. there's a residency problem here, and it has to be straightened out. >> but there's a bigger problem, and that is the people who work for the mayor are not serving him well. this has been one thing after another. >> the appointments, yeah. >> look, vincent is a good guy. and it's almost like he's got to micromanage in order to stop this kind of controversy. and you've got people who vote in d.c., live in maryland. and these people know better. >> it doesn't sound too cool. >> and they know better. >> right. >> but the fact is i think vincent gray, again, big disappointment to people on the street and people on the street are saying now he's a one-term mayor. >> in prince george's county, two officers have been indicted in connection with a beating of 22-year-old. the indictment charges baker and

harrison each with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and misconduct in office. mckenna, as we know, suffered a beating, concussion from the pattying. beating. this is a case of potential wrongdoing. an attorney said this is a case about lawlessness and those unbelievable riots that broke out after the game. >> yeah. but you don't beat people the way that they got beat. look, we have seen this over and over. rodney king, the young man in engelwood, california. how often do we have to see this? i expect the police officers and the attorney to come to the defense of these officers. they tell you don't believe your lying eyes. when you apprehend -- now, if this guy was fighting back and assaulting the police officers, maybe they've got a case. but that has yet to be proven. >> exactly. >> and we have this on videotape, don't we? >> the whole thing. >> the tape was released -- the

videotape was released and then state and federal officials -- >> and this brought public outcry again. joe is right. there's a lot of sensitivity as to how police are handling people. we had a case on u street, a man thrown out by police. this is videotape and the evidence is there. >> and david was the student's attorney who released the video. >> okay. >> we have to take a break. when we come back, we'll talk about the district sixth council race in prince george's. stay with

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place october 18th. only one republican candidate got 1% of the vote. so davis would fill johnson's seat. she of course is the wife of former county executive jack johnson. one question to you all. will this -- will the sixth district, will the county council and will county as a whole be able to move behind the jack johnson era? >> that's the hope. and the performance of this young man who has been going to replace johnson will depend a lot on him. if he's an able legislator, works coalitions, gets things going, connects with people, connects with their ideas, it will all be forgotten, really. it will be a bad memory but not a big deal. if things don't go well, this may linger. and i have no reason to believe -- you know, i make no judgments. >> last week he was on television and he said that he wants to do a good job for the county, for that district too. some who say the district who

suffered through all of this problem with johnson and everything else. he said he wants to do a good job. he got the endorsement from baker. but i think this guy kind of made it clear that because i've got your endorsement i'm not going to be your butterfly on the cake. in other words, i'm not going to rubber stamp what you want from the council. >> be independent. >> well, he's going to be the most watched county member in prince george's county. >> of course. >> i think. but i don't think there's a problem here. look, the county executive has called for ethics reviews from time to time. prince george's county will -- i think the citizens will be keeping a vigilant eye on members, as they should. it was quite embarrassing nationally what happened. the symbolism of putting money, thousands of dollars in your bra and a former prosecutor, the head prosecutor, you know, giving instructions on how to

get rid of checks. that's major embarrassment. and i'll tell you, if prince george's county has not learned its lesson from that, there's nothing that will teach them better. >> in virginia you could soon be paying tolls if you use i-95. the federal highway administration has proposed tolls on i-95 to help raise money for road improvements in virginia. these tolls, according to vdot, could bring in $250 million in the first five years. question is, what will the impact or would the impact be on drivers and truckers who use this very heavily traveled road? >> well, truckers hate it. their lobbyists sounded off a firing shot, don't do this. you have a lot of ways to pay for these problems you've got. this isn't going to do it. individual drivers, it costs

more to drive a car. now an added toll. new jersey turnpike south of the mason-dixon line on i-95, i can just imagine the criticism that will come. but they need the money. >> they need the money. and i like to go out on a limb about the money. the district of columbia could have some clout. they have been fighting for the commuter tax, for instance, which they have been fighting for for a long, long time. and virginia. there's a lot of traffic between the district and north carolina. hey, hey, to virginia. very good. but i only wish we could do something for d.c. >> yeah. and the district of columbia will be now the toll-free zone. >> exactly. >> look, they do get money. they can get money. the president just asked for a stimulus bill to do what? help repair roads, help improve the infrastructure.

i bet you the truckers association is going to get this killed. it's not just truckers, but people who visit their relatives in the south, in north carolina. >> sure. >> south carolina. this is one of the most heavily traveled corridors. >> you bring up one word that's going to have a great effect. that is infrastructure. when we look at the prac program instituted into that whole northern virginia area. it doesn't affect 95 directly but it does. there's going to be a layover of traffic and travelers coming in to brac. >> on i-95, i don't think the tolls will impact the brac. >> final word, dave? >> we haven't heard the other shoe drop. what is the virginia general assembly going to do about it? it's a governor-to-washington idea. but if they get flack from constituents you can better bet they will weigh in on it. >> thanks, guys. thank you for joining us. stay with us.

news 4 today continues. welcome to news 4 today. i'm john schriffeg. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to news 4 on this sunday, september 25th. looks like we'll be dealing with another gray sky to wake up. meteorologist kim martucci is sitting in for chuck bell. >> yeah. a gray, gloomy forecast today. hopefully not as wet. we could use a break from the rain. it shouldn't be a washout today, everybody. if you have some outdoor plans, i think you'll be okay for most of the time. good morning. let's get started. our skies are cloudy, as i mentioned. there's some patchy drizzle. humidity, 88%. winds are light and out of the north-northeast. our morning temperatures range from 70 in town to 71 in

annapolis. up to 70 in frederick. 66 along with gaithersburg. light rain on i-81. i'll zoom in and show it to you here. it is around wardensville, west virginia. today you folks have some light showers. maybe a thunderstorm off to the west. we'll be mostly cloudy inside the beltway. most of northern virginia. i think the eastern shore could see a shower or two. highs staying put in the middle 70s. i have your extended weather forecast and how things are looking. we really need good news. >> that would be nice. >> working on it. >> quit complaining and put on your marching shoes. that's what president obama told the congressional black caucus in a fiery speech last night. the president was speak at the caucus's annual awards dinner right here in washington. he told the audience he understands their frustration with unemployment amongst

african-americans and nearly just 17%. but he also asks the caucus for help and patience in carrying out his plan to create jobs. >> throughout our history, change has often come slowly. progress often takes time. we take a step forward. sometimes we take two steps back. sometimes we get two steps forward and one step back. but it's never a straight line. it's never easy. >> today the president leaves on a trip to the west coast to sell his jobs plan and make a few stops for campaign fund-raisers. michigan is holding its republican straw polarity today. but all the talk is still on florida's straw poll. as nbc's brian moar tells us it was quite a surprising winner. >> with 986 votes, 37.1%, herman cain. >> businessman herman cain pulled off a surprising win. and michele bachmann finished

dead last in the saturday straw poll of florida conservatives. texas governor rick perry finished second, baiting mitt romn romney. >> i've got all my hopes on florida again. >> his campaign has been counting on a win here to regain the momentum lost in this past week's debate. romney has been slamming perry for sympathizing with the children of illegal immigrants. >> legal immigration, good for america. illegal immigration, something i will stop if i'm president. >> both romney and perry moved on to michigan, which is holding its own straw poll on sunday. in florida, michele bachmann needed to show she is still a top-tier candidate. >> i have no doubt that president obama will be a one-term president. >> and for the others, florida is a fight for survival. >> barack obama has been the best food stamp president in american history.

>> this is the most important election in your lifetime. >> the trail to 2012 getting shorter but not easier. brian moahr, nbc news. world financial leaders will meet for a final time today to try to figure out a way to keep the world from falling into a recession. the international monetary fund's main goal is to keep europe from sinking further into debt. yesterday u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner told the imf panel they need to make sure governments can get loans and credible rates. the international monetary fund is already bailing out greece, portugal and ireland. today you can see some of the most popular authors down at the national mall. it's the second day of the national book festival. more than 100 authors are taking part in this great event. the goal is to get everyone reading no matter the age. there were story tellers, reading games and popular

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many parents talk about the bidders and bees with their kids but they say you should have it with their patients. cdc says 19% of new cases of hiv

and aids are among the elderly. more and more older people are staying sexually active but they don't have much experience practicing safe sex. >> the increase is in asking them to consider using protections. whereas in the past previous generations perhaps were not quite as sexually active with so many different partners. >> health officials add this is the perfect time to talk with your parents as this week marks the fourth annual hiv and aids awareness day. several dozen men in california held a different kind of sit-in. they participated in a nude-in. they gathered at a street corner not wearing clothes, of course, except for the occasional sunglasses or backpack. the men held signs saying nudity is not a crime. the event was meant as a statement. many stopped by just to snap

cell phone pictures of this interesting event. >> well, look who is here fully clothed, kim martucci. thank goodness. >> thank goodness is right. i don't want to think you about the consequence office that. >> you don't have to worry about that. >> today's weather is a little sticky. we have clouds outside. i will give you your full i will give you your full forecast

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our sunday will not be living up to its name. but we take what we can get around here. great to see you. our morning is starting off a little bit gloomy.

let's talk about the seasons. perhaps you didn't realize it. on friday we welcomed in astronomical fall. this means our temperatures to start off fall are right around 76. that's the average high. and by the 22nd, when winter starts, our average high will be 45. so just trying to set you in the right frame of mind when you see my seven-day forecast, wink, wink. we will have a chill towards the end, and i'll tell you all about it. this morning there's a look at our sky. it is overcast. our number is 70. winds north-northeast at 3 miles per hour. so very light winds keeping us company this morning. other numbers filling in the gaps, 68 in manassas and leesburg. and 66 in gaithersburg. closer to the bay, we have low 70s for you annapolis down to the river. here's a look at how things are unfolding on the radar. all this activity is very light rain, some drizzle.

sometimes we have a problem detecting the drizzle when you live far away from the radar. our radar is located off to the west in sterling, virginia. if you live in southern maryland you might have i some drizzle. but the radar beam is angled and getting higher above the ground. something to keep in mind when we talk about drizzle and you don't see it on the radar. it doesn't always detect it. right along the west virginia and virginia border, it's not heavy. shouldn't be too much of a nuisance. mostly cloudy and holding in the middle 70s for an afternoon high. here's our future cast. by 3:30 today, mostly cloudy. a spotty shower off to the west. i'm pausing at 8:30. again, the same deal. you know the drill. much like yesterday. tomorrow morning, a few more showers possible. as we head through the day, maybe southern maryland getting one moderate rain shower. after that things looking good. cloudy for your monday. tuesday, things start to change.

we get more rain in here. that looks to be the rainiest day this week. so we have mostly cloudy sky. slight chance of a shower today. temperatures holding steady in the middle 60s. coming up during the overnight, low clouds and patchy fog by morning. and temperatures in the middle and upper 60s. seven-day forecast is coming up now. as we look ahead, monday is warming up but still not quite dry. tuesday is the wettest day this week. then i talked about the hint of fall coming at us. here it is. seven-day forecast, 79 on sunday with sun. that's my pick of the week. breezy day, friday, 74. saturday we'll wake up to lows in the 50s and highs will only be in the 60s next saturday. big changes coming right here. >> it's going to feel good, though. >> refreshing. >> time to bring out the sweaters. >> you got it. 61-year-old marathon endurance swimmer is back in the water after receiving medical

treatment for jellyfish stings. she set out on her third attempt to swing 103 miles from cuba to florida. she was stung on the face by a portugese man o war. she was allowed to seek treatment on her support boat by officials and her record will still count if she's able to complete the swim. it is expected to take 60 hours for her to reach florida. well, there's a good chance maryland tear pin fans are a little bit cloudy this morning after their team's performance yesterday on the football field. >> that's right. hakim dermish has the highlights or maybe the lowlights in's sports minute. >> good morning, everyone. you know that feeling when you have a bad dream but you wake up and realize it wasn't real? everything is okay. not for the maryland terrapins. their bad dream yesterday was real. temple destroyed the terps, scoring 31 first-half points. unfortunately it's a wakeup call maryland won't soon forget. a rough day for coach randy

edsell and the terps. temple scores on its first possession. here they score on their second. bernard pierce avoids the tackle from hartsfield. up 14-0 just like that, owls. maryland hasn't had a punt block since 1999 until yesterday. pierce was far from done. second quarter, third and one. pierce gets the ball. races past the maryland defense. 44 yard touchdown. pierce finishes with a record five touchdowns. 31-0, temple at half-time. ouch! fourth quarter. same score. danny o'brien looking for his buddy boykins. ball tipped in the air. intercept bid temple. o'brien, 153 yard passing. he was sacked three times. temple beats maryland, 38-7.

its first ever win against an acc team. >> no need to sugar coat anything. we got our butts handed to us today. and physically, everything. no life, no energy. and we'll get better. and we move forward. a total butt kicking today. >> maryland plays townsend next week. virginia tech on the road at marshall. first quarter, third and goal. logan tom, a 6'6", 254 pounds. big kid. he can do this. touchdown, hokies. 7-0, virginia tech. second quarter, josh ogilsby. two touchdowns. virginia tech wins it 30-10, improving to 4-0. in charlottesville, this little girl cheering on the cavs.

virginia hosting southern miss. fourth quarter, cavs trail. true freshman david watt in for quarterback. the freshman rolls out, hits jeremiah mathis for the touchdown. two-point conversion good. cuts the deficit to three. under a minute to go. mike london and the cavs down six. on fourth and four trying to stay alive. chris byrd over the middle. oh, man. byrd drops the pass. and virginia's comeback falls short. southern miss hangs on to win, 30-24. next week, uva plays idaho. talking baseball now. final home game for the nats later today. and one final chance for teddy, the racing president, to get his first win. let's be honest, the victory for teddy would be bigger than a victory for the nats. jayson werth, teddy's unofficial campaign manager said, quote, if teddy can't win, no one wins. yesterday nats taking on the braves. but first the presidents race. jayson werth throws down thomas

jefferson. no way to treat our third president. the bull pen holding back george and abe. teddy still doesn't win. werth the winner. top three. wong pitch to go born. deep fly ball to center. rick ankiel trapping it, makes the grab. wow! that is glovely. take another look. born thinking, oh, man. bottom four, 3-0, nats. long at the plate with two on, two out, looking for his first career base hit. pitch down the right field line. espinosa scores. first rbi for wong. six innings, gets the victory. the nats defeat the braves, 4-1. elsewhere last night, the orioles beat the tigers, 6-5. major league soccer last night. with seven games to go in the regular season, it's go-time for d.c. united. the black and red need five

points to earn an automatic spot in the playoffs. united hosting red-hot real salt lake. and united only has three wins at rfk this season. scoreless in the 13th minute. rosario with a beautiful through ball to najar. and the youngster beats former united keeper, nick romando. check this out. back flip. lover it. 1-0, united. 22nd minute. najar into the box for rosario. d-row not done yet. then in the 31st minute, on the free kick, derosario bends it into the back of the net. he scores the fastest hat trick in mls history. d.c. united earns three points with a 4-1 victory. that's your morning sports. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. well, you're used to seeing lots of planes moving around at dulles airport.

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good morning and welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm john schriffen. it is sunday, september 25th. all the top stories in a moment. kim martucci is in for chuck bell. >> we have some drizzle outside. so not even a good hair day too. let's take a look. temperatures in the upper 60s. there's that fog that we have and drizzle. wind is light out&out of the north 5 miles per hour.

here's what we can expect. the temperatures will be like yesterday. in the 60s for a little while. and low 70s like it is in culpepper, fredericksburg. today we'll take a trip into the middle 70s. rain is keeping you company for western suburbs towards the shenandoah valley and the west virginia line. other than that, the rest of us deal with patchy drizzle in northern fairfax, northern prince william and fairfax county. today, 76 for d.c. frederick, your high, 77. manassas, 76. we'll have showers and thunderstorms again. out towards west virginia and showers possible across the eastern shore. i think around here the story will just be a cloudy day. not too much rain. don't be deterred. you can probably go get things done around the house. >> thank you, kim. time is 7:01. here are some of our top stories this morning. two american hikers released from prison in iran are finally on their way back to the united

states. josh fattal and shane bauer are expected to land in new york sometime this afternoon. the men spent more than two years in custody before being release odd a million dollars bail. kaine was a surprise winner in florida's republican straw poll. the businessman took home 37% of the vote. texas governor rick perry a distant second with 15%. mitt romney came in a the a close third. michigan is the next state up. president obama called on the congressional black caucus to stop complaining and put on their marching shoes last night. he spoke at the caucus's annual awards dinner and asked for help and patience as he tries to push his job creation bill in congress. today wraps up the susan g. komen three day for a cure. thousands turned out to walk its part -- excuse me, 60 miles in and around the district all to raise money for breast cancer research. the three-day event will end later today on the national mall. good cause.

those are some of the stories making news today. next is nbc 4 viewpoint. >> we'll be back with another update. good morning, everyone. and welcome to viewpoint. i'm jim handly. today, keeping america informed. it is the role and mission of the u.s. government printing office. it has a history dating back 150 years. and joining us this morning is bill borman, the public printer of the united states. welcome to viewpoint. very good to see. >> you good morning, jim. thanks for having me. >> your office has quite a history. it was created the day that abraham lincoln took office as president. >> that's right. actually an act of congress was passed a year earlier but it was opened on march 4th, 1861, the same day he was inaugurated as our 16th president. this time we printed the first major document for him which was

the emancipation proclamation. that's the main theme of our exhibit that we have on north capitol street, celebrating our 150th anniversary. >> monday through friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. it's a small museum, but it's packed with history, all about printing and documents that the printing office has produced. it tells a story about america and how it's developed, including the civil war and all of those kinds of things. >> why was the gpo created initially? >> well, you know, when the government -- actually, the first printer, not the public printer but the first congressional printer was benjamin franklin. so we have quite a history. >> i'll say. >> there's a lot of ways to fraud and abuse because they were contracting everything and there was no one overseeing it. so congress decided to create the government printing office to get rid of waste, fraud, and

abuse and to centralize printing for all the federal government so that all the documents could be kept together and then disseminate it to the public in one stream so it wouldn't be created a whole bunch of fugitive documents. so it's worked very well. and all of that today is still in place. >> one of the critical roles of the office -- or the public papers of the president, and i want to share with our viewers a fascinating video about the process of producing the president's public papers. let's take a look now. >> how are you, mr. president? so nice to see. >> you everything is wonderful. >> public printer bill borman and the director of the federal register, ray mosley lead a group into the oval office to

present president barack obama with the first volume of his public papers. >> those are the first of two volumes for 2009. >> outstanding. >> with your name. >> with my name on it. why your name? >> we don't do many of these. >> these are beautiful. >> the binding and production of the public papers of the president is done by employees at the u.s. government printing office. for more than 50 years, gpo has produced these historic books for the president. gpo partners with the national archives and records administration, and the office of the federal register to compile, print and bind the book. the publication is edited by ofr employees and serves as authoritative record of presidents. it is produced in a six-month installments or two volumes each year. it is put together in chronological order and contains a foreword, public writings, addresses, remarks, and photographs of events during the time period. >> it's another way for the

american public to keep track of their government, their president, and to relive some of the high points of the first years -- year of this presidency. >> the papers are also available online through gpo's federal general system. this severance as a one-stop site to authentic government published information. >> after we make the presentation, it's up to gpo to make sure that the book gets in the libraries and gets into the sales program and gets up online. and i explained to the president that at the meeting when he asked me personally about gpo and how we're coping with the change in technology, i explained to him that we have the platform for all the digital information. and we're the only agency that does that. >> producing the printed copies of the public papers of the president involves 40 steps from start to finish. proofs of the pages go through a thorough inspection process, making sure every page is perfect. >> we're looking at the dot

structure to make sure it's an actual dot similar to the dot that's going to be printed onto the printed piece. at the proofing stage, this is kind of our last chance. we want to make sure it's right so when we get to press this is exactly what we'll see. >> once the final copy is approved it goes to press and into the hands of employees in gpo's bindery. >> this is a very important book. and i like to make these books very nice. >> there are several steps. we stop by gpo to observe part of that process. the leather for the cover, which is delivered to the president; cut out by hand. the rough edges of the book's pages are skim trimmed. president obama's picture is cut out and inserted into the book. the pages are then sewn together. the book cover is glued. and end papers are attached to

the inside front and back covers. >> the press here is to keep the end papers under pressure so that they don't bubble and they cure in an orderly fashion. >> once assembly is complete, the final process is gold stamping. the title of the book is gold stamped onto the spine. and the book going to president obama has his name stamped on the cover. >> see the stamp something i hope president obama likes it. >> the end product is something i can step back and say a little bit of history. it's an honor to become part of that history. >> the final copy to the president is wrapped and taken directly from the bindery and into the oval office. it is then handed to the president of the united states by the public printer and archivist. >> it takes a team in order to

produce this volume. we have had the good fortune for 75 years to work as a team. the office of the federal register and the government printing office. and we're quite proud of the collaboration that has taken place during those years. >> this piece of history is another example of gpo employees working with other federal agencies in seeking out the latest technologies to keeping america informed on the three branches of the federal government. >> that is impressive. a lot of pride and hard work went into that. people can get this? >> yes, they can, jim. they can purchase it at the bookstore on north capitol street or online. it's a lot cheaper through ebooks. >> what a treasure. we'll be back to talk much more about how this office has transformed over the decades. and you've been there for about 35 years on and off. so you've seen it change. >> exactly.

stay with us.

and waor back on viewpoint. the public printer of the united states. and, bill, this is a presidential appointment you really serve at the pleasure of the president. >> that's correct, jim. i was appointed by president obama. i took office as public printer. took the office that afternoon and went over and took over the gpo that evening. >> you are certainly no stranger to publishing and printing. >> no. i have had a 45-year background in the printing and publishing industry. i served an apprenticeship in washington, d.c. at the printing company which is still in business. they are located in maryland. and i had the good fortune to work at the gpo in 1974, 1977 as a printer. so to go back there as head of the agency on january 3rd was a truly humbling experience for me. >> and talk about the day. there were about in the in the beginning, as many as 8,000

employees. and now we're down to more than 2,000. >> yeah. 8,000 employees there when i worked there. because of the changes in technology, gpo has downsized. i'm happy to say no one really lost their job, though. people were treated out, they were retired or re-trained to do the new technology. today we're down to less than 2,200 and we will probably drop some more because we will do a buyout because of the budget cuts being placed upon us. so it's a much different agency. but do probably more work now because of technology at about probably two-thirds cheaper than it was done before. >> much more efficient. >> much more efficient. and we have a highly trained, highly skilled workforce that i'm so proud of. they come to work every day that congress is in session. they come to work every day. but when the rest of the government is off, if there's an earthquake, or if there's a tremendous snowstorm like we had in 2010, oureople come to

work. and they work through the night. a lot of them don't go home. and if congress is working, we're working. >> and that brings me to my next question, how critical the role is. because every day you are delivering documents that are crucial and critical to the work of congress. >> i think we help them open the doors every day because we provide them with a calendar for that day's events. we provide them with the previous day's journal and the congressional record. we put it up online by 6:00 a.m. in the morning and we deliver it ink on paper version by about 9:00 a.m.. and so i think it's critical. we also do all the bills and the hearings and reports they use every day in order to conduct their hearings. sometimes the stuff comes in very late. 1:30 in the morning. we will get this much copy and we will turn it into this much

print overnight, put it up online and deliver it without a hitch. >> 24/7 operation. >> we are 24/7. we're not open saturday and sunday except when congress is in session. then we do work. the workforce is off on the weekends unless congress is working, and then we're there. >> we talked about congress and the white house but also the federal agencies out there too. you do work for them. >> yeah. we do almost all the printing for the federal government. we do the work for the office of federal register and we publish a federal register every day that there's not a holiday. that's probably one of our largest jobs. it's this thick. it's known as the government's newspaper. we put that up online and we print ink on paper. a lot of lawyers get it. people in the justice department have to have that document every

day in order for them to function. the rest of the federal government we print some of their materials in plant. but we have this tremendous relationship with the printing industry. and we contract out a large amount of the agency work to the printing industry to the tune of about $500 million last year. and we estimate that that probably creates about 70,000 good jobs in america. and it's on a low bid, best price execution. any printer, regardless of their size, can get into our program. it's all done online. and they can bid for the job. and we have some regional offices around the country that assist federal agencies with their printing. so we're a one-stop shop place for federal agencies. and they love the work we do for them. and i want to mention we do all the work for the state department. probably one of the most important jobs we do is we print the passports with a chip in it.

very highly secured operation. and we last year it was 14 million. we print security i.d. badges for homeland security for the state department. most of the diplomatic i.d.s for the people in this city. we do driver's license. and we also do, we're proud to say, we work for the d.c. government. we do their number one card, the i.d. card that the employees and the schoolchildren use to enter facilities. and i was fortunate enough to have mayor gray over a couple weeks ago. he came by to visit. we had 27 students that work there for the summer in one of his summer youth programs. he came over in the last few days to congratulate them on completing their assignment at the gpo. we took him on a tour and showed him where we were producing the i.d. cards. i presented him with his, which was loaded with $5 worth of metro. i said please ride the metro. >> i was not aware of all of

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that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. so stick around on viewpoint. good morning. hires here's a look at some of the morning's top stories. two american hikers released from prison in iran are finally on their way back to the united states. josh fattal and shane bauer are expected to land in new york sometime this afternoon. the men spent more than two years in custody before being released on a million dollars bail wednesday. president obama called on congressional black caucus to stop complaining and put on their marching shoes last night. he spoke at the caucus's annual awards dinner. he also asked for help and patience as he tries to push his job creation bill in congress. and today wraps up the susan g. comb especially three day for the cure. thousands turned out to walk 60 miles around the district all to

raise money for breast cancer research. the three-day event will end later today on the national mall. more news in 10 minutes. now it's back to viewpoint. welcome back. bill is the office of government printing. we were talking about this massive transformation that's been happening in the digital world. how has that affected the job that you folks do there? >> well, we put, you know, probably 70% of what we do now is what we call front end work to put it online as compared to years ago. 70% was probably printing. we do less and less printing. we do a lot of printing at the gpo still. but most of what we do is really digital. it started in the early '90 opening statement with gpo access. and we were probably one of the first agencies to make

publications available online. we're very proud of that accomplish. . mike demario was the public printer at that time and he led that task. more recently we turned to the digital side and made it official in disease that now fd assist is the official way to access gpo's online information. everything we do we put online. we're ingesting a lot of books from agencies that we didn't print so people can access those. we have an agreement with the courts to start putting up all kinds of court opinions, court documents. so eventually citizens, scholars, researchers, students will be able to find almost any document they want on gpo.com. and just hit fd assist. >> that's mazing. what it must have done for efficiency too in your office. >> well, it has. as you mentioned earlier, we have come down in the size of the workforce. and so we have to purchase less

paper, less ink. there is a huge investment in technology. and you have to continue to make that investment. >> sure. >> because it changes all the time. and the workforce has to be highly skilled in order to do these kinds of jobs. i mean, these things just don't happen without a good workforce. we're fortunate in that we do have a highly trained and skilled workforce. >> talk a little bit about where the future takes us from here. and every agency has seen budget cuts certainly. and these are tight times. how has that impacted your office? >> well, that's my biggest challenge as public printer, to convince the house and the senate and then collectively to give us enough money in order to operate the gpo efficiently. and effectively. we only print what they ask us to do. and so we estimate what they're going to ask us to do based on our historical operations with them. and we give them a number. but unfortunately everyone, not

just us, have been given a number much lower than that. so we've adopted the slogan we're going to do more for less. and i believe we'll get there. i've had town hall meetings with the employees. i've spent all day, four hours, probably four or five hours in one day having four different town hall meetings, explaining how things have changed and what we need in order to meet the requirements of the budget cuts. i got the sense that they understand, they get it. and i think we'll get through this. >> well, you make the case to them every day. >> yeah, right. >> they certainly see your work every day. >> they do. and i think it's greatly appreciated by most everyone in washington. we get glowing kinds of congratulations from the people we work for, like the clerk of the house. she lets me know all the time how happy she is that we were able to meet the congressional

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stick around. welcome back to viewpoint. he is the public printer of the united states. you want to know about any document about anything going on in this country, i assume if it's not classified. anything back and forth about what can be published and what can't? >> well, there was one time when gpo used to produce a lot of classified documents. today those are done by someone else.

most, if not all, of what we produce is available to the public. we like to think of ourselves -- our mission is to inform america. that's our slogan. but we like to think of ourselves as the transparency pusher for government documents. so just about everything, if not everything, that we publish you can either buy or get online. >> well, one of the things that you can buy is this real spectacular -- it is a beautiful book here with all the photographs dating back to 1861. and the title is -- i mean, some of these are just amazing. i'm not doing them justice. but even the baseball leagues that you had back in the day. it's called "keeping america informed." tell us a little bit about the history exhibit that you've got down there, bill. >> well, we opened it in june. it was a very proud moment. the first night we had a special showing just for the employees. because, jim, they actually

built the museum. we had an outside museum person come in and help us, you know, with the ideas. but it was built from the ground up by our employees all on straight time. so they were e so proud of it that we decideded that the first night we would open, we had an opening. later we had an opening for the general public. so now it's open to the general public every day from monday through friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00. as i mentioned before, i think it's a worthwhile stop. we have a book at the end we would like people to sign. we're getting great comments. and there's computers at the very end of the exhibit where you can go online and access fd assist and search for documents. it shows you the transition from hand type when the printing office was still open where printers would set type by hand. today we'll are accessing it on hand-held devices like iphones. we're on twitter. we're on facebook.

you know, we're on all of those different things today. we have completely modernized so we can compete with all the other people that are in this kind of thing. this is great stuff, this government printing. if you care about what your government does, and a lot of people do, you can find it through gpo. >> we just have 30 seconds left. you talked about people can sign a book. the president signed the first edition of the book that you gave him. tell us about that experience in the oval office. he was very curious about the role of your office. >> yeah, he was. and it was a wonderful day. let me tell you, any time you get a chance to go to the oval office it's a good day. and president obama couldn't have been wormer to the architect, dave, and i. s archivist and i. he asked me a lot of questions about gpo, technology, and how it's affects the employees. i said your book, as well as presenting it to you today, it's up online. and people can access this

through ebooks and they can buy it a lot cheaper than they can in hard copy. he was amazed. really? i can go online. absolutely. the book is there. show your children. hit the fd assist and go right to the president's papers and there it is. >> well, congratulations. the government printing office and this is the man in charge, bill borman. the actual public printer of the united states. pleasure to meet you. >> thank you, jim. thanks for having me. >> and we thank you for watchingous sunday morning on viewpoint. now back to news 4 today. >> one man's cyber warning about a potential thing that could be

growing in your backyard. a decision he made that nearly cost him his life. glad to have you join us on sunday, september 25th. right now two american hikers released from prison in iran are finally on their way back to the united states. josh fattal and shane bauer are expected to land in new york sometime this afternoon. the men spent more than two years in custody before being release odd a million dollars bail wednesday. they reflected on their release before leaving oman. >> the plane that brought us here three days ago was the most incredible experience of our lives. we'll never forget the excitement of seeing our loved ones waiting for us at the foot of the plane. the joy of embracing them all after so long will stay with us forever. >> sarah shourd, who was arrested and charged with the men with spying in 2009, joined bauer, who she is engaged to, and fattal.

shourd was released last year. >> i can't imagine what their parents and family were feeling. >> especially sentenced to eight years and have all the negotiations panned out. >> do they get the million dollars back? >> sarah shourd didn't get the $500,000 back that got her free. >> a bit of a cloudy day. >> we've been seeing that a lot here lately. now we have light rain around. it's just one of those days we will get through. a lot of people like to call up, read a good book on a sunday. it might be one of those days to do it, everybody. it's great to have you with us. the weather outside is cloudy. 69 degrees. 93% humidity as you wake up and get ready to get it out. 68 in leesburg. annapolis held steady overnight. you're at 71. 70 across southern maryland. practice light rain showers around us at the moment. i'll zoom in and show them to you. they're very spotty.

and right around northeast d.c., downtown, in between there. and we have a couple out towards edwood off to our west. as we look farther west into west virginia between cape and bridge and wardensville and yellow spring, i have actually been there once, you have a moderate rain shower falling on route 259. out there we will have showers in winchester. lots of clouds around today. hit or miss showers but not a washout. more to come with your seven-day forecast and how this roller coaster ride. wait until you see the temperatures by the end of this coming week. hint, hint, it will feel like fall. >> that's a tease. >> going down. >> thanks, kim. >> thanks, kim. the rain that's drenched our area has left behind a

potentially deadly memento. there's a good chance it's growing in your backyard. we're talking about mushrooms  springing up everywhere. eat one and you could pay with your life. local residents learned that one the hard way. they became seriously sick after eating the mushrooms. news 4's derrick ward has more. >> reporter: you have to be really careful with your wild harvest. this mushroom looks a lot like this mushroom. this was bought in the store. this one can kill you. >> the first time i saw mushroom in my backyard. so i said i was so lucky. why other house doesn't have mushroom? only me? >> they made up some stir fry using those backyard mushrooms. and it wasn't long before they both got sick. he got the worst of it. disentary, dizziness. he ate the so-called death caps and his liver was failing. >> i received a call in the middle of the night with evidence of worsening liver function.

i was concerned he may need a liver transplant. >> luckily, there was an experimental drug not yet approved by the fda that would inhibit the damaging effects of the death caps. before it could be used an independent review board had to convene quickly. even then it wasn't a given. >> the irb does not make decisions diplomatically. everybody is not equal. we look at who the physician is, we look at our confidence in whether the physician can carry out the study. >> luckily, it was agreed upon. and after a few days he was back on the road to recovery. and the farmer from frederick was also treated with the same drug. and he's getting better as well. this time doctors in the irb are ready and now there's a temporary approval in place for the drug should the need arise again. for him it won't. he's giving up mushrooms altogether. >> i'm lucky i'm still alive today. >> derrick ward, news 4. today, a three-day walk to fight breast cancer comes to an end. the susan g. komen three day for

the cure ends today on the national mall. the walkers hit the pavement for 60 miles in and around the district with many more supporting them along the way. thousands turned out for this great event which is expected to raise millions for breast cancer research. >> a traffic alert for drivers in virginia. you might want to rethink your route this morning because of the navy five-miler run. the exit off the interstate 395 towards route 27 is closed right now. that's exit number 8b near the pentagon. signs posted on 395 say the road will reopen around 11:00 this morning. a springs field, virginia woman say she was scammed out of $25,000 by the man accused of emanating nfl quarterback steve

young. he was arrested friday in a separate fraud case. amy willis said she met him at a woodbridge bar in june. pittman told her he was a philadelphia eagles football star and convinced her to invest in a spa business that he told her she would run. a week later she wired him the money. >> i was called by wachovia bank telling me that a steven pittman had come into the bank and was withdrawing money at different locations in maryland and i had been scammed. i feel like a fool. and then i found out this man was a registered sex offender also, i was disgusted. >> willis said she hopes the criminal charges will help her recover the $25,000 she said she scammed her for. a d.c. man who gave beer to firefighters is speaking out this morning after the firefighters got into some hot water with the chief. he took a case of beer to engine 9 on u street to thank them for putting out an air conditioner fire at his home. the chief found that beer unopened in the firehouse fridge thursday. he shut the station down for hours and ordered firefighters to undergo breathalyzers. all of them did pass but he says

it's still against department policy to have alcohol on the premises. he said the firefighters tried to refuse it and he insisted that they take it. now he says he just feels terrible. >> the last thing in the world was to cause anybody problems. it was a gesture of thanks. and it temperatures out to cause them potentially any problems it's a little bit of a fiasco and unintended consequence of doing the right thing. >> the station's command staff faces disciplinary action. well, the maryland terrapins look to rebound after last week's tough loss to west virginia. >> let's just say things didn't go quite as planned. here's hakim dermish with your sports minute. >> good morning, everyone. you know that feeling when you have a bad dream but you wake up and realize it wasn't real? everything is okay. not for the maryland terrapins. a school record five touchdowns. the game was over at half-time as temple built a 31-0 lead. danny o'brien only had 153 yards

passing and one interception. he was also sacked three times. temple beats maryland, 38-7. its first ever win against an acc team. virginia tech on the road at marshall. number 13 virginia tech improves to 4-0. virginia hosting southern miss. golden eagles quarterback austin davis throws three touchdown and southern miss hangs on to beat virginia, 30-24. talking baseball, nats against the braves. form four. wang at the plate with two on, two out. slaps the pitch down the line. espinosa scores. first rbi for wang. he goes six innings, one run. and the nats defeat the braves, 4-1. elsewhere, the orioles beat the tigers, 6-5. in soccer, d.c. united taking on real salt lake. dwayne derosario was impressive, scoring three goals in the first half. his hat trick was the fastest in

mls history. and united goes on to win it, 4-1 is the final. that's your sports minute. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. the time now 20 minutes until the 8:00 hour. still ahead this hour, preaching safe sex to an unexpected audience. wait until you hear who health officials are telling to use protection. protection. and protestiture,

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the "today" show is next on nbc 4. it starts at 8:00 this morning. >> let's get a preview. lester holt joins us live from new york. lester, skwrorpbg. >> john and angie, good morning to you. coming up on today, heading home. the two hikers held in iran for two years will arrive back in the states this morning. the latest on journey. will amanda knox be freed? how is amanda holding up? we'll talk live with her parents?

>> it's been two years since michael jackson's death in the manslaughter case begins tomorrow. what do prosecutors have to prove? we'll tell you. soap opera secrets. forget what what you see. what their lives offset are really like. it's definitely an eye opener. we see you a bit later right here on "today." back to you in washington. >> thank you, lester. >> thank you. a virginia woman is on the lookout for her dog after it ran off during a car crash. andi, a 6-year-old german shepherd mix went missing after the owner was taken to the hospital. it happened near carlin springs road. darcy spencer has more on her efforts to find her beloved dog. >> she wipes away tears as she looks at the flyers she made about her missing dog named andi. >> we have had her for a number

of years? >> i've her three years. i'm very attached to her. she was driving on carlin and leesburg pike in falls church 8:15 when she was involved in a crash. she suffered a serious hand injury and had to be taken to the hospital. andi was riding in the back seat. a witness saw her fly out and run away. >> i wasn't able to stay there and look for her. the medics said my injury was a concern so they wanted me to go to the hospital right away. >> she has searched the area and posted flyers hoping someone has seen andi. she hired a dog tracker who tracked the scent two to three miles. so far the dog has not been spotted. >> more than likely they will stick to quiet areas and try to hide. and that was the area that the tracking dog led us to. it was a very wooded area with very few people who would come across her. >> the shepherd mix is now 6

years old. she just wants her back home to play with her favorite toy and to sleep in her own bed. >> i just hope that i can find her, take care of her. >> she plans to continue posting these flyers in the area. she's also asking for the anyone who may have seen the dog to contact her. you can do that by going to our website, nbcwashington.com, where her phone number is listed. she's also offering a cash reward. in falls church, darcy spencer, news 4 today. normally parents dread having to have the talk with their kids. officials say now the tables seem to be turning. the florida health department said in 2009, new cases of h.i.v. came from people over the age of 50. they say more and more older people are staying sexually active but they don't have much experience practicing safe sex.

>> the increase is in asking them to consider using protections. whereas in the past previous generations perhaps were not quite as sexually active with so many different partners. >> health officials add this is the perfect time to talk with your parents as this week's marks the fourth annual hiv/aids and aging awareness day. well, protests, they are nothing new. but one in california had a different feel to it. >> oh, yeah. they were missing a very important element. clothes. the men participateded in a nude-in. they gathered at a street corner not wearing clothe, of course, except for the occasional sunglasses or backpack. the men held signs saying nudity is not a crime. while the event was meant as a statement, many stopped by just to snap cell phone pictures of this very interesting event. >> i don't want to know what they were taking pictures. >> i don't know what they want to do with those pictures either. >> correction. they were also wearing stickers. >> there you go. another important element there.

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today some of america's best and most popular authors will be down on the national mall. it's a second day of the national book festival. more than 100 authors are taking part in this event. the goal is to get everyone reading no matter the age. there were story tellers, reading games and popular characters from children's books. some of the big names including toni morrison, kehler and hoda kotb. >> the national book festival

has been such a treat. number one, my mom works at the library of congress so there's a little home cooking. i get to see my mom and be home. and you get the added bonus for having people from all walks of life coming out and you get to meet them. i have been hugged more today than i have in forever. >> the event ends today at 5:30. it's free and open to the public. today two events open on the national mall that captured the essence of the man who remains the reigning king of american pop art. andy warhol's shadows goes on display today. shadows is a 450-foot installation that's being displayed for the first time in its entirety and headlines as warhol's unique take on the everyday front page. it will be on display at the hirshhorn until january 15th. and holes on display at the east wing gallery until january 2nd. i'm sure with the weather we have had around here, might be a

good time to get inside, head into the museum, check out some exhibits. >> a lot of people are facebooking me. michelle is going to the st. mary's county fair. wants to know if it will be dry. i think most of the day will be dry. don't be scared to go outside. but there could be a shower. >> yesterday wasn't even that bad in no. most places didn't get wet. one area got the rain over and over on, which was southern maryland. today it's your turn to dry out a little bit. great to have you with us. our weather this month has been wet. so wet we are about 223% at normal. okay. so how much rain above what we normally get for september? it's about 5 1/3 surplus. so that's what we have going on. how are your plans shapinging up for the day? inside, outside, cloudy skies at the moment. not that overcast. it's not raining right now downtown.

but we certainly have had the rain. 5.35 inches above normal is what we have. and, again, that's 225% above normal. oh, my goodness. 68 in winchester, good morning. 70 downtown. holding steady at 66 in frederick. across the eastern shore, they are in the upper 60s for cambridge. southern maryland, you're at 70. satellite radar loop shows the batch of rain is really off to our west. we have some spotty showers around the metro and up towards baltimore this morning. you can see it right here. up towards severn and up the baltimore-washington parkway at 95. just very light rain. farther to the west, if you were to take route 50 out of winchester you would run into moderate rain out here. but that seems to be about it. the rest of us are just cloudy. it's a little bit on the sticky side for you. we expect mostly cloudy skies and staying dry most of the day around the region. some exceptions well to the west where we have a few showers. a thunderstorm into western

virginia and west virginia. maybe a few on the eastern shore. i think most of the day should just be kind of cloudy. and you can thank the stationary front for that. this is weather player number one. stalled along the east coast. and the second weather player in off here to the west. this upper level low has been in place pretty much all week. and it has cut itself off from the steering winds. so there's nothing to push it along. and all the weather patterns from the middle mississippi river valley points east are in a holding pattern until this guy lifts and moves out of the way. and we're going to give it until wednesday to do that. so our weather is going to keep on keeping on. although i do think your monday will be a little bit better and we some breaks of sunshine tomorrow. but we're not going to rule out a passing shower or thunderstorm either. so there is how it is wrapping up. let me put the details together for you. middle 70s today with 30% chance of a shower.

tomorrow, warmer, 80 degrees and a fewer peaks of sunshine. now the weather day this week looks to be 78. 68%. now wednesday is even looking wet, especially in the morning. as we head towards the end of the week, that's when we're going to warm up briefly and dry out for thursday and friday. and cooling off quickly for saturday. it's going to be chilly. you can always stay connected with me on facebook. i go by weatherkim. that is also my i.d. on twitter. i'm always happy to hear from you and hear what's going on weatherwise in your hometown. send me pictures and whatnot. i like to pass it along. >> all right. and you said that drop we will feel just in a matter of days. 68 degrees. that doesn't necessarily mean we're just going downhill from there. >> no. you know what, though, that 68 is what our lows have been like. that's going to be a high next saturday. >> wow. >> lows in the 40s and 50s. >> all right. >> thank you, kim. >> you bet. >> i'm sure you're used to seeing lots of planes moving around at dulles airport. >> yeah. yesterday one plane was moving

under the use of some human power. check it out. more than 60 teams competed yesterday in the dulles day family festival plane pull. it is the nation's oldest tpaoefpbt. event. the goal was to pull a fedex airbus 12 feet in the fastest time. there was also a plane pull at the same time in chicago yesterday. there law enforcement teams, you can see trying to pull a u.p.s. plane 20 feet in chicago. proceeds from both events will go to the special olympics. this is out near where i live. and i know a lot of people very, very excited. i'm glad the weather actually worked out for them. as we mentioned it was just one area that got hit by the rain. >> just cloudy. >> good news there. >> hopefully today you'll stay dry out at dulles. don't be scared off. muggy weather. >> thank you. >> well, that's it for news 4 today. we will be back here in 25

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